Joseph Kyle Nicholas

OFF TO COURT: Twenty-two-year-old Josiah Kyle Nicholas of Cascade is escorted to the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday where he faced 18 charges, including kidnapping, buggery and sexual assault against multiple victims, with ages ranging from 12 to 37 years. He was denied bail. 

Robert Taylor
 
 

Josiah Kyle Nicholas, 21, has appeared in court charged with crimes including the kidnapping and buggering of two boys in Port of Spain and Arima three week apart in April.

Nicholas, an auto mechanic, has been denied bail on all charges.

Before Port of Spain Seventh Court Magistrate Adia Mohammed, the accused was charged with at Gordon Street, Port of Spain on April 28, driving without a driver’s permit or insurance, and possession of a firearm. He was also charged with common assault, robbery with aggravation, kidnapping, false imprisonment, sexual touching and the buggery of a 12-year-old boy.

The court was told that he has a pending charge of robbery with aggravation dating to 2012, and details of this charge with be presented to the court on Wednesday when Nicholas reappears.

He is also charged with the grievous sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery with aggravation, and buggery involving a boy in Arima on April 8. Josiah Kyle Nicholas on his way to court.

On these charges, Nicholas was also denied bail and the cases adjourned.

Nicholas, who lives in Arima, is being defended by attorneys Shiva Boodoo and Roshni Balkaran. Source: T&T Express.